Spike | Peanuts Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Siblings : Snoopy , Andy , Olaf , Belle , Marbles , Molly and Rover The first appearance of Spike in the strip from August 13, 1975. Spike is a main character in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz . He is Snoopy 's brother who lives alone in the California desert. He first appeared in the strip from August 13, 1975 and has appeared in Peanuts more frequently than any other of Snoopy's siblings . Spike has whiskers which look like a mustache and always wears a hat. He is very skinny in appearance. History Spike is first mentioned on August 4, 1975, when he sends Snoopy a letter saying that he is coming to visit. He is first shown on August 13, and everybody is shocked to see how skinny he is, due to the fact that the coyotes he lives with, don't share any food with him.

Originally, he lived with coyotes, but they mistreated Spike, so he moved out, and moved somewhere close to the city of Needles, California, where he lives by himself, with a cactus for company. However, he sometimes leaves Needles to visit Snoopy. At first, Spike was a minor character, but as time past, Spike started appearing more frequently. By the 1990s, Spike had arguably become a major character. In a series of strips from 1996, desperate for a dog of his own, Rerun van Pelt invites Spike to become his pet. After a lengthy trek, Spike arrives at Rerun's home. He does not stay, as Rerun is surprised by how skinny Spike is. The california, Other and Brother on Pinterest Forward Snoopy's mother (wearing the brown hat) is one of the few Peanuts characters to have first appeared in an animated television special before later appearing in the comic strip (the only other one being Snoopy's brother Andy). Snoopy's mother, named as Missy, is seen in a flashback in Snoopy's Reunion, which was first televised on May 1, 1991.

Her first appearance in the strip was on July 26, 1996, in which she came on a World War I troopship to visit Spike, (in the infantry), who was ill. See More 1000+ images about Snoopy's Siblings on Pinterest | Peanuts characters, Belle and World War I Forward Marbles is one of Snoopy' s brothers and is reportedly the smartest one in the family. Marbles' main feature is his spotted ears. In his first appearance in the strip he is also depicted as wearing shoes. Marbles was mentioned by name on September 24, 1982 but appearance on September 28, 1982. Unlike Belle and Spike who shared imaginary World War I adventures with Snoopy in other strips, Marbles is unwilling to participate in the fantasy. See More Snoopy's Family! Spike Spike is probably the most well-known in Snoopy's family, as he is seen the most in the strip. He is, in fact, Snoopy's older brother. He has made visits to Snoopy, and written him numerous letters. His most well known appearance is in the special Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown.

He also appeared in I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown, because Rerun wanted a dog, and Spike made the trip to visit. He lives alone in the desert in Needles, California. In the strip, his skinny weight is explained by the fact that he lived with coyotes, and was given the task of cleaning their den. Below is a strip from when Spike gained weight during a visit with Snoopy. Olaf Olaf is Snoopy's well-rounded brother. He lives with his brother Andy on a farm. He wears a hunting cap and plays the jug. Andy plays the drums, but is clumsy about carrying them around on trips. Olaf often writes to his mother on Mother's Day, thanking her for raising him. He was first seen in the strip in 1989, when he visited Snoopy. Andy appeared in 1994. On one occasion, they tried to find Spike in Needles to live with him, but ended up finding Snoopy. After a brief stay, and failed attempts to become other kids' dogs, they wandered around for awhile, then headed home. They never found Spike, unfortunately. Andy and Olaf appeared from time to time after that, still living on the farm.

Belle Belle is Snoopy's sister. She lives in Missouri. She only made a few appearances in the strip, and is more widely known for the stuffed toys sold with her resemblance from the 70s and 80s. She made her first appearance in the strip in 1976, and she is mentioned in the opening credits of The Charlie Brown And Snoopy Show. Her main TV appearance was in Snoopy's Reunion. She plays the violin, like Spike does. Some readers of the strip mistook her for Snoopy's girlfriend. She married, her husband left her, and she was left with a teenage son resembling the Pink Panther. Marbles Marbles is supposedly the smartest of Snoopy's siblings. He was seen in the comic strip for a story in 1982, wearing shoes. His only TV appearances were in Snoopy's Reunion, and during a flashback sequence in I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown. Molly, Rover, and Andy I don't think Molly And Rover were ever actually given names by Schulz. They only appeared in Snoopy's Reunion, and they were never in the strip as featured characters. Andy lives with Olaf, as mentioned in his bio.

Snoopy | Wiki | Everipedia Peppermint Patty Poochie (possibly before Lila) Snoopy is Charlie Brown 's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz . He can also be found in all of the Peanuts movies and television specials, like The Peanuts Movie . Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic strip. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs. Traits Snoopy is a loyal, innocent, imaginative and good-natured talking beagle who is prone to imagining fantasy lives, including being an author, a college student known as "Joe Cool" and a World War I flying ace . He is perhaps best known in this last alternate persona, wearing an aviator's helmet and goggles and a scarf while carrying a swagger stick . All of his fantasies have a similar formula: Snoopy pretends to be something, and fails. His short "novels" are never published, and his Sopwith Camel is consistently shot down by his imaginary enemy, the Red Baron .

Schulz said of Snoopy's character in a 1997 interview: "He has to retreat into his fanciful world in order to survive. Otherwise, he leads kind of a dull, miserable life. I don't envy dogs the lives they have to live." Snoopy imagines himself to speak, but much like with real life animals, the human characters are unaware of this. His (very articulate) thoughts are shown in thought balloons. In the animated Peanuts films and television specials, Snoopy's thoughts are not verbalized; his moods are instead conveyed through growls, sobs, laughter, and monosyllabic utterances such as "bleah" or "hey" as well as through pantomime . The only exceptions are in the animated adaptions of the musicals You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Snoopy!!! The Musical in which Snoopy's thoughts are verbalized by Robert Towers and Cameron Clarke respectively. (His dialogue, however, is not "heard" by the other characters except Woodstock and other non-human characters.) Snoopy's doghouse defies physics , and is shown to be bigger on the inside than the outside. It is also his "airplane" in his fantasies.

In the 90s comic strips, he is obsessed with cookies. History Snoopy appeared on the October 4, 1950 strip, two days after the first strip. He was called Snoopy for the first time a month later, on November 10. On March 16, 1952, [2] his thoughts were first shown in a thought balloon. Snoopy first appeared upright on his hind legs on January 9, 1956, when he was shown ice-skating across a frozen lake. Relationship with other Peanuts characters Charlie Brown Despite his history of conflicted loyalties and his inability to remember Charlie Brown's name (he calls him as "that round-headed kid"), Snoopy has shown both love and loyalty to his owner. He joins Charlie Brown in walking out of a game of Ha-Ha Herman when Peppermint Patty insults Charlie Brown, unaware that Charlie Brown is within earshot. [3] He also helps Charlie Brown recover his autographed baseball when a bully takes it and challenges Charlie Brown to fight him for it. When Charlie Brown has to stop dedicating himself to making Snoopy happy, Snoopy replies, "Don't worry about it.

I was already happy." In The Peanuts Movie , Snoopy remains loyal to Charlie Brown, supporting and caring for him throughout the movie. Lucy Snoopy frequently tries to kiss Lucy on the cheek and/or nose, which Lucy, who is afraid of dog germs, thoroughly hates. These actions occasionally result in Lucy hurting Snoopy. Despite their rivalry toward each other, each seems to care for the other: in Snoopy, Come Home , Lucy is sad to see him go and is (momentarily) glad when he comes back home. In some strips, Lucy goes to Snoopy for help, such as in the April 16, 1961 [4] strip, wherein a jealous Lucy and Frieda are beating each other up at Schroeder's piano, Lucy ends up winning, and shakes hands with Snoopy in the end, looking slightly injured. Linus Snoopy often tries to steal Linus' blanket, leading to slapstick fights which Snoopy often wins. Lila Lila was Snoopy's owner before Charlie Brown. Snoopy visits her in the film Snoopy, Come Home and struggles to decide whether to stay with Charlie Brown or go back to Lila.

Lila eventually convinces him to leave Charlie Brown so he can live with her again. However, upon arriving at her residence, Snoopy is overjoyed to see a "NO DOGS ALLOWED" sign, and returns to live with Charlie Brown. Peppermint Patty Peppermint Patty often refers to Snoopy as a "funny looking kid with a big nose", unaware that he is a beagle. In one instance, she has him serve as her attorney in a case involving the school dress code. In the March 21, 1974 strip, Marcie tells Peppermint Patty that Snoopy is a beagle, finally resulting in her realizing his true identity. Snoopy serves as Peppermint Patty's watch dog several times. She is one of the few girls who don't get disgusted after being kissed by him. Sally Brown Like Lucy, Sally does not care that much for Snoopy and often calls him a stupid beagle. Sally usually complains when her big brother asks her to feed Snoopy whenever he is away from home. While she is still an infant, Sally has a friendly and playful relationship with Snoopy. In later years, Sally occasionally enlists Snoopy's help in school assignments.

She even treats him to an ice cream cone (a very tall ice cream cone, with scoops of about a dozen flavors) when Snoopy helps her get an "A" on a report about "Our Animal Friends". In one story line, Sally uses Snoopy as a "weapon" to help protect her from bullies on the playground (Snoopy barks loudly at anyone who threatens Sally, leading Snoopy to comment, "I feel like a can of mace!"), but this ends in disaster when Snoopy sees an old girlfriend of his and runs off to meet her, abandoning Sally and leaving her to get "slaughtered" by the playground bullies. Schroeder Main article: Schroeder (Peanuts) Schroeder doesn't mind much when Snoopy sits against his toy piano, except when Snoopy dances on top of the piano, much to Schroeder's annoyance. He also sometimes plays with the notes coming from the piano. Rerun van Pelt Rerun, the youngest child character in the strip, plays with Snoopy sometimes. In some strips, Rerun and Snoopy are playing cards with each other, both of them clueless on how to play.

Siblings Snoopy is usually depicted as having seven siblings, five of whom appear at some point in the strip: Andy, Belle, Marbles, Olaf, and Spike. Most often seen is Spike, who lives a hermit-like existence in the desert, near the real-life location of Needles, California . Woodstock Woodstock is Snoopy’s best friend and sidekick. He speaks in a chirping language that only Snoopy and his other bird friends can understand. In return, the birds somehow understand Snoopy's thoughts. In some strips, Snoopy tells a joke to Woodstock and both laugh so hard they end up falling off the doghouse. Woodstock sometimes sleeps on top of Snoopy's nose, such as in one strip where Snoopy says "Never share your pad with a restless bird". Fifi Fifi is a major love interest of Snoopy and she appears in Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown and The Peanuts Movie . In Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown, Snoopy sees Fifi at a circus and starts to get attracted to her. He and Fifi do a trapeze act and after, he runs away, taking Fifi with him.

Fifi decides to go back to the circus, however, leaving Snoopy heartbroken and forced to return to Charlie Brown. In The Peanuts Movie, Fifi (voiced by Kristin Chenoweth ) is a pilot just like Snoopy, and together they have an interaction via Snoopy's typewriter against the Red Baron. He shows how much he cares for her when he cries at Schroeder's house after she is captured by the Red Baron. Snoopy, Woodstock, and the Beagle Scouts set out on a mission to rescue her. Eventually, they save her, and she shows her affection to Snoopy. Reception Snoopy and Charlie Brown were ranked by TV Guide as the 8th greatest cartoon characters of all time. [5] Some critics feel that the strip suffered a decline in quality after the 1960s. Writing in 2000, Christopher Caldwell argued that the character of Snoopy, and the strip's increased focus on him in the 1970s, "went from being the strip's besetting artistic weakness to ruining it altogether".

Caldwell felt that Snoopy "was never a full participant in the tangle of relationships that drove Peanuts in its Golden Age", as he could not talk. He went on to say that Snoopy "was way too shallow for the strip as it developed in the 1960s, and the strips he featured in were anomalies." [6] Awards and honors Schulz was a keen bridge player, and Peanuts occasionally included bridge references. In 1997, according to Alan Truscott , the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL), awarded both Snoopy and Woodstock the honorary rank of Life Master , and Schulz was delighted. [7] According to the ACBL, only Snoopy was awarded the honor. [8] On November 2, 2015, Snoopy was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , becoming the second Peanuts-related figure to be inducted with a star, after Schulz. [9] In aviation and space Following the Apollo 1 fire, Snoopy became the official mascot of aerospace safety, testing and the rebuilding of the Apollo Program . The Apollo 10 lunar module was named Snoopy and the command module Charlie Brown.

While not included in the , Charlie Brown and Snoopy became semi-official mascots for the mission, as seen and . Schulz also drew some special mission-related artwork for NASA, and several regular strips related to the mission, one showing Snoopy en route to the moon atop his doghouse with a fishbowl on his head for a helmet. The strip that ran on July 21, 1969 – one day after the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle landed on the moon – included a full moon in the background, with a black mark on it representing the module. [10] The fabric cap worn by NASA astronauts as part of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit is known as a "Snoopy cap", a reference to how the white crown and black earflaps of the cap resemble Snoopy's fur and ears. The Silver Snoopy award is a special NASA honor, in the form of a sterling silver pin with an engraving of Snoopy in a spacesuit helmet. It is given by an astronaut to someone who works in the space program that has gone above and beyond in pursuit of quality and safety.

[12] Snoopy is the name of a United States Air Force B-58 Hustler bomber, serial number 55-0665, which was modified to test a radar system. [13] American insurance company MetLife has used Snoopy as their corporate mascot since the 1980s. Snoopy One, Snoopy Two, and Snoopy J are three airships owned and operated by MetLife that provide aerial coverage of sporting events, and feature Snoopy as the World War I flying ace on their fuselage. [15] The Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport in California, named after Schulz, has featuring Snoopy in his World War I flying ace attire flying atop his doghouse. Snoopy's original appearance from October 4, 1950. Statue at Kennedy Space Center . Now located in the Apollo/Saturn V building. Snoopy's siblings - WOW.com Snoopy's siblings Source: Updated: 2016-11-19T20:26Z This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources .

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2007) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) From left to right: Andy, Marbles, Spike, Snoopy, Olaf, Molly, Rover and Belle. In Charles M. Schulz 's comic strip Peanuts , Snoopy was often stated to have seven siblings. Five appeared at various times in the strip: four brothers, Andy, Marbles, Olaf, and Spike; and one sister, Belle. The two others were never mentioned by name in the comic strip. According to the 1991 TV special Snoopy's Reunion , their names are Molly and Rover; however, their appearance is not considered canonical in the comic strip. [1] In the June 6, 1959 comic strip, following the birth of Charlie Brown 's sister Sally , Snoopy remarks that he has no brothers or sisters, and is an "only dog." However, in a March 18, 1971 strip, Snoopy writes in his autobiography: "I was born one bright Spring morning at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm.

I was one of eight puppies." Their mother is called Missy, but has appeared only once in Peanuts, on July 26, 1996. A t-shirt that was sold for several years at Target and other stores shows Spike, Andy, Snoopy, Marbles and Olaf in a parody of the famous dogs playing poker print, despite much advertising copy which misidentified the characters. Andy, Marbles, Olaf, Spike, and Belle appear briefly in during the credits of The Peanuts Movie . Contents 8 External links Spike Spike appeared most frequently in the strip. His appearance is similar to that of Snoopy, but he is substantially thinner, has a perpetually sleepy look, and sports a long, droopy mustache and a fedora . He sometimes wears Mickey Mouse shoes which were a gift from Mickey Mouse . He is called Snoopy 's older brother during the first story in which he appears. Spike lives alone in the desert near Needles, California , only occasionally interacting with the principal characters in the strip, generally in visiting Snoopy. His friends are mostly inanimate saguaro cacti .

In 1991's Snoopy's Reunion , Spike's home was a huge hollow saguaro in which he kept books and his fiddle . Spike is named after Charles Schulz 's childhood dog. When he was introduced to the strip, it was revealed that Spike's exceptionally low weight was because he had been living with coyotes , and his job was to clean out their den, which apparently causes him to burn off a lot of body fat . Although he got a better-fed appearance after his first visit to the Brown household, he apparently had to go "back to business" soon after returning home, for he soon became as thin as before. He temporarily became Rerun 's dog in I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown , and also had a television special, It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown , in which he was the primary character. He was also a main character in Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown , where he is shown traveling from Needles to visit Snoopy to be the best beagle at his wedding. Spike competes in a dog race to earn money for a bus ticket. He wins the race, but then gets disqualified for not being a greyhound .

The final scene shows Spike returning home to Needles where his private residence is a hollowed-out saguaro cactus with modern amenities inside, where he is rewarding himself for his long travels by eating cake from Snoopy's wedding. During a story Spike is rescued by Snoopy and a group of Woodstock 's friends, from a group of coyotes. The coyotes were apparently furious after Spike tried to sell them oceanfront condos in the desert of Needles. In August 1977, Spike was to be Snoopy's best man at his wedding, only to end up eloping with Snoopy's fiancee and then being dumped himself for a coyote. In 1988, Snoopy is convinced in a letter from Spike that the Summer Olympics were being moved from Yuma to Phoenix. Snoopy, of course, comes to realize that the claim was false, after Spike admitted that his "friend", a saguaro cactus, had told him the rumor.

On February 15, 1987, Spike attempts to bury his fedora in a time capsule for a future civilization to study "Do not open until 6987!", but abandons this idea when he cannot survive the cold desert nights without the warmth his hat provides. Another story arc from the 1980s featured Spike as the hero; Charlie Brown's baseball team is at loggerheads when the owner of the vacant lot they play in was told to not allow them to use the field anymore due to possible liabilities. Spike pulls off a real estate coup in which the coyotes (still living in Phoenix) bought the vacant lot so the kids can once again play. Spike was used in one-off appearances sporadically through the rest of Peanuts history but he was a recurring character between the years of 1984-1988. Another storyline was in 1994, when he and his brothers Olaf and Andy visit Snoopy in the hospital. They leave shortly after Snoopy gets well.

Beginning in a series of strips from May 1981, Spike began joining Snoopy in his World War I escapades as an infantryman fighting in the trenches, the one change in Spike's appearance being that he wears a World War I-style army Brodie helmet instead of his trademark fedora. In a 1996 series when Spike comes down ill with influenza, Snoopy and Spike's mother Missy came over on a troopship to visit, wearing a fur hat (the soldiers manning the rails of the troopship were also beagles). This was her sole appearance in the strip. At least two strips mentioned his meeting with Mickey Mouse . In Snoopy's Reunion, Spike is shown being taken away by a rich family (with a limo). In the September 18, 1994 Sunday comic, Spike admits that he ran away from his owners to Needles after accidentally chasing a rabbit into a road, where it was run over. In The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show episode "The Lost Ballpark" Spike had a cameo appearance, his first appearance in any medium other than newspapers.

Spike's last appearance in the comic strips was on December 21, 1999, two months before the discontinuation of the strip. [2] A large statue of Spike resides in a Subway restaurant in Needles. Andy and Olaf Andy and Olaf live together on a farm. Andy is distinguished by his shaggy coat, but otherwise looks like Snoopy. Olaf does not bear much resemblance to Snoopy or his other siblings. He also wears a hunting cap. Olaf now has taken residence in Orange, California and works as a maintenance manager in a department store. Olaf also says his favorite book is still "Joe Bunny", which he has owned since puppyhood. Olaf is first seen during a series on January 19, 1989, in which he visits Snoopy. During this sequence, Lucy enters with Olaf in an "ugly dog" contest, which he wins (much to his disappointment). He is pretty chubby compared to Snoopy's other siblings. He appears again in 1994 (beginning February 14), where he, Andy, and Spike visit Snoopy, who is in the hospital.

After Snoopy gets better, the three brothers leave without saying good-bye. This is the first appearance of Andy in the strip. After that, Olaf and Andy are shown four times in 1994. They are sitting against a barn , contemplating what direction their lives should go in. They appear sporadically after that. Olaf usually plays the jug , and Andy has a full drum set, but is rather clumsy when carrying it and drops it from time to time. Andy and Olaf spent some time traveling to Needles to live with Spike. However, after "two right turns and twenty-three wrong ones" they eventually ended up back at Snoopy's doghouse. After a brief stay and failure to become Rerun's dogs, they continued to wander around and were considering buying banjos in their last appearance on September 27, 1999. Notably, Andy is the only Peanuts character to have originated in animation before appearing in the strip (with the exception of Molly, Rover and Missy (the mother)): his animated debut was the 1991 TV special Snoopy's Reunion.

Andy is based on a wire-haired fox terrier (also named Andy) that Schulz owned from October 1988 to March 1994. Both Olaf and Andy made their second animated appearance in I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown via a flashback scene. Belle Belle is Snoopy's sister. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri , with her teenage son, whom Snoopy noted as resembling the Pink Panther . She is known for making bows. Once she made a bow which looked like the British flag . She also wore a beret in the Snoopy and his Siblings episode, "Me Cherie: The Trip to Paris ". Belle herself resembles her brother, but with longer eyelashes. In addition, she wears a lace collar. Sometimes, she wears a pearl necklace. Belle only made a few appearances in the strip, but is remembered because of the Belle stuffed animal toys sold in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Many people who were not regular readers of the comic strip mistakenly thought that she was Snoopy's girlfriend, rather than his sister. In Snoopy's World War I fantasies, Belle is a nurse.

Snoopy's sister made her first appearance in the comic strip on June 28, 1976, though she was mentioned by Snoopy earlier on June 22, 1976. Belle also appeared briefly in the opening sequence of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show. While she was mentioned in the lyrics to the opening theme song, Belle never made an appearance in the cartoon series. Similar to Spike, Belle also plays the violin. In 1984, Snoopy and Belle inspired fashion designers around the world, including Lagerfeld , Armani , and de la Renta to create one-of-a-kind outfits in their honor. Both beagles modeled for the "Snoopy in Fashion" exhibition held that year in Japan . Other than the aforementioned appearance in the opening credits of TCB&SS, Belle's only animated special was 1991's Snoopy's Reunion. Also she was mentioned, but not seen, in 2003's I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown.

Marbles Marbles, reputedly the smartest of the siblings, is a spotted beagle whose few appearances in the comic strip were in 1982 from September 30 to October 9. Unlike Snoopy's siblings Spike and Belle, he does not share in Snoopy's fantasy World War I scenery, seeing Snoopy's Sopwith Camel as his doghouse, an "ambulance" as a shopping cart, etc. while commenting that "...he [Snoopy] was always the quiet one in the family." He was also seen to wear jogging shoes. He also appeared in the 1991 animated feature Snoopy's Reunion, and in a flashback from I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown, when Charlie Brown was talking to Rerun about Snoopy's siblings. Marbles plays the banjo. Other siblings The two other siblings, Molly and Rover, appeared in the 1991 TV special Snoopy's Reunion; however, Schulz never depicted or named these characters in the comic strip, so these names are not considered to be canonical. In the television show, these two siblings play the dobro and the mandolin.

Molly is shown to be pampered because she has her own makeup. Snoopy's parents Snoopy's father, Baxter and Snoopy's mother Missy have each appeared only once in the comic strip (father: June 18, 1989; Mother: July 26, 1996), but only Missy appeared on television. Missy appeared in Snoopy's Reunion in the flashback of when Snoopy and his siblings are born and being bought by people. Snoopy's father is said to have lived in Florida , and he wears glasses and has a mustache. Snoopy's mother looks like a female version of Snoopy (similar to Belle and Molly). References Charlie Brown Clears the Air It's Dental Flossophy, Charlie Brown Where's the Blanket, Charlie Brown? (PC) It's the Big Game, Charlie Brown! (PC / Mac) Get Ready For School, Charlie Brown! (PC / Mac) Snoopy - WOW.com Snoopy This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

(May 2011) October 4, 1950 (comic strip) Last appearance Brothers: Spike , Andy, Olaf, Marbles, Rover Sisters: Belle, Molly Peppermint Patty Poochie (possibly before Lila) Snoopy is Charlie Brown 's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz . He can also be found in all of the Peanuts movies and television specials, like The Peanuts Movie . Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic strip. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs. [1] [2] Contents 8 External links Traits Snoopy is a loyal, innocent, imaginative and good-natured beagle who is prone to imagining fantasy lives, including being an author, a college student known as "Joe Cool" and a World War I Royal Flying Corps ace . He is perhaps best known in this last alternate persona, wearing an aviator's helmet and goggles and a scarf while carrying a swagger stick .

Snoopy can be selfish and/or lazy at times, and had his share of moments where he is mocking his owner, Charlie Brown, but through it all, he has shown great love, care, and loyalty for his owner (even though he can't even remember his name and always refers to him as "The Round-Headed Kid") All of his fantasies have a similar formula: Snoopy pretends to be something, and fails. His short "novels" are never published, and his Sopwith Camel is consistently shot down by his imaginary enemy, the Red Baron . Schulz said of Snoopy's character in a 1997 interview: "He has to retreat into his fanciful world in order to survive. Otherwise, he leads kind of a dull, miserable life. I don't envy dogs the lives they have to live." [3] Snoopy imagines himself to speak, but never actually does; much like with real life animals, the human characters are unaware of his musings. His (very articulate) thoughts are shown in thought balloons.

In the animated Peanuts films and television specials, Snoopy's thoughts are not verbalized; his moods are instead conveyed through growls, sobs, laughter, and monosyllabic utterances such as "bleah" or "hey" as well as through pantomime . The only exceptions are in the animated adaptions of the musicals You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Snoopy!!! The Musical in which Snoopy's thoughts are verbalized by Robert Towers and Cameron Clarke respectively. (His dialogue, however, is not "heard" by the other characters except Woodstock and other non-human characters.) Snoopy's doghouse defies physics and is shown to be bigger on the inside than the outside. It is also his "airplane" in his fantasies. In the 90s comic strips, he is obsessed with cookies. History Snoopy's original appearance from October 4, 1950. Snoopy appeared on the October 4, 1950, strip, two days after the first strip. He was called Snoopy for the first time a month later, on November 10.

On March 16, 1952, [4] his thoughts were first shown in a thought balloon. Snoopy first appeared upright on his hind legs on January 9, 1956, when he was shown ice-skating across a frozen lake. [5] Relationship with other Peanuts characters Charlie Brown Main article: Charlie Brown Despite his history of conflicted loyalties and his inability to remember Charlie Brown's name (he calls him as "that round-headed kid"), Snoopy has shown both love and loyalty to his owner. He joins Charlie Brown in walking out of a game of Ha-Ha Herman when Peppermint Patty insults Charlie Brown, unaware that Charlie Brown is within earshot. [6] He also helps Charlie Brown recover his autographed baseball when a bully takes it and challenges Charlie Brown to fight him for it. When Charlie Brown has to stop dedicating himself to making Snoopy happy, Snoopy replies, "Don't worry about it. I was already happy." In The Peanuts Movie , Snoopy remains loyal to Charlie Brown, supporting and caring for him throughout the movie.

In early Peanuts strips, Charlie Brown is not Snoopy's owner (as shown in the February 2, 1951, strip), and it is initially not clear who his owner actually is. The September 29, 1951, strip implies that Snoopy is owned by Shermy. It is not until the strips of November 1 and 3, 1955 that Charlie Brown is clearly portrayed as being responsible for Snoopy. Lucy Main article: Lucy van Pelt Snoopy frequently tries to kiss Lucy on the cheek and/or nose, which Lucy, who is afraid of dog germs, thoroughly hates. These actions occasionally result in Lucy hurting Snoopy. Despite their rivalry toward each other, each seems to care for the other: in Snoopy, Come Home , Lucy is sad to see him go and is (momentarily) glad when he comes back home. In some strips, Lucy goes to Snoopy for help, such as in the April 16, 1961 [7] strip, wherein a jealous Lucy and Frieda are beating each other up at Schroeder's piano, Lucy ends up winning, and shakes hands with Snoopy in the end, looking slightly injured.

Snoopy also commandeers Lucy's psychiatric booth either in her absence or when she ends up being the one needing help. Linus Snoopy often tries to steal Linus' blanket, leading to slapstick fights which Snoopy often wins. Lila Main article: List of minor characters in Peanuts § Lila Lila was Snoopy's owner before Charlie Brown. Snoopy visits her in the film Snoopy, Come Home and struggles to decide whether to stay with Charlie Brown or go back to Lila. Lila eventually convinces him to leave Charlie Brown so he can live with her again. However, upon arriving at her residence, Snoopy is overjoyed to see a "NO DOGS ALLOWED" sign, and returns to live with Charlie Brown. Peppermint Patty Main article: Peppermint Patty Peppermint Patty often refers to Snoopy as a "funny looking kid with a big nose", unaware that he is a beagle. In one instance, she has him serve as her attorney in a case involving the school dress code. In the March 21, 1974, strip, Marcie tells Peppermint Patty that Snoopy is a beagle, finally resulting in her realizing his true identity.

Snoopy serves as Peppermint Patty's watchdog several times. She is one of the few girls who doesn't get disgusted after being kissed by him. Sally Brown Main article: Sally Brown Like Lucy, Sally does not care that much for Snoopy and often calls him a stupid beagle. Sally usually complains when her big brother asks her to feed Snoopy whenever he is away from home. While she is still an infant, Sally has a friendly and playful relationship with Snoopy. In later years, Sally occasionally enlists Snoopy's help in school assignments. She even treats him to an ice cream cone (a very tall ice cream cone, with scoops of about a dozen flavors) when Snoopy helps her get an "A" on a report about "Our Animal Friends". In one story line, Sally uses Snoopy as a "weapon" to help protect her from bullies on the playground (Snoopy barks loudly at anyone who threatens Sally, leading Snoopy to comment, "I feel like a can of mace!"), but this ends in disaster when Snoopy sees an old girlfriend of his and runs off to meet her, abandoning Sally and leaving her to get "slaughtered" by the playground bullies.

Schroeder Main article: Schroeder (Peanuts) Schroeder doesn't mind much when Snoopy sits against his toy piano, except when Snoopy dances on top of the piano, much to Schroeder's annoyance. He also sometimes plays with the notes coming from the piano. Rerun van Pelt Rerun, the youngest child character in the strip, plays with Snoopy sometimes. In some strips, Rerun and Snoopy are playing cards with each other, both of them clueless on how to play. Siblings Main article: Snoopy's siblings Snoopy is usually depicted as having seven siblings, five of whom appear at some point in the strip: Andy, Belle, Marbles, Olaf, and Spike. Most often seen is Spike, who lives a hermit-like existence in the desert, near the real-life location of Needles, California . Woodstock Main article: Woodstock (Peanuts) Woodstock is Snoopy's best friend and sidekick. He speaks in a chirping language that only Snoopy and his other bird friends can understand. In return, the birds somehow understand Snoopy's thoughts.

In some strips, Snoopy tells a joke to Woodstock and both laugh so hard they end up falling off the doghouse. Woodstock sometimes sleeps on top of Snoopy's nose, such as in one strip where Snoopy says "Never share your pad with a restless bird". Fifi Fifi is a major love interest of Snoopy and she appears in Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown and The Peanuts Movie . In Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown, Snoopy sees Fifi at a circus and starts to get attracted to her. He and Fifi do a trapeze act and after, he runs away, taking Fifi with him. Fifi decides to go back to the circus, however, leaving Snoopy heartbroken and forced to return to Charlie Brown. In The Peanuts Movie, Fifi (voiced by Kristin Chenoweth ) is a pilot just like Snoopy, and together they have an interaction via Snoopy's typewriter against the Red Baron. He shows how much he cares for her when he cries at Schroeder's house after she is captured by the Red Baron. Snoopy, Woodstock, and the Beagle Scouts set out on a mission to rescue her.

Eventually, they save her, and she shows her affection to Snoopy. Reception Snoopy and Charlie Brown were ranked by TV Guide as the 8th greatest cartoon characters of all time. [8] Some critics feel that the strip suffered a decline in quality after the 1960s. Writing in 2000, Christopher Caldwell argued that the character of Snoopy, and the strip's increased focus on him in the 1970s, "went from being the strip's besetting artistic weakness to ruining it altogether". Caldwell felt that Snoopy "was never a full participant in the tangle of relationships that drove Peanuts in its Golden Age", as he could not talk. He went on to say that Snoopy "was way too shallow for the strip as it developed in the 1960s, and the strips he featured in were anomalies." [9] Awards and honors Schulz was a keen bridge player, and Peanuts occasionally included bridge references. In 1997, according to Alan Truscott , the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL), awarded both Snoopy and Woodstock the honorary rank of Life Master , and Schulz was delighted.

[10] According to the ACBL, only Snoopy was awarded the honor. [11] On November 2, 2015, Snoopy was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , becoming the second Peanuts-related figure to be inducted with a star, after Schulz. [12] In aviation and space Statue at Kennedy Space Center . Now located in the Apollo/Saturn V building. The Snoopy Statue now located at the Saturn V Center at KSC. Following the Apollo 1 fire, Snoopy became the official mascot of aerospace safety, testing and the rebuilding of the Apollo Program . The Apollo 10 lunar module was named Snoopy and the command module Charlie Brown. While not included in the official mission logo , Charlie Brown and Snoopy became semi-official mascots for the mission, as seen here and here . Schulz also drew some special mission-related artwork for NASA, and several regular strips related to the mission, one showing Snoopy en route to the moon atop his doghouse with a fishbowl on his head for a helmet.

"We have mentioned," wrote television producer Lee Mendelson , "that Charles Schulz is a gambler, a man who doesn't sit pat on success. The New York Times headlined: 'Creator of Peanuts Tempts Fate on Apollo Mission.' Certainly, if a tragedy had occurred, as well it might have, the symbols would forever remain in man's mind as symbols of disaster. But Sparky has always had faith in the Apollo program, from the very start, and he felt if those men could risk their lives, the least he could do would be to risk the popularity of the characters." [13] [14] The strip that ran on July 21, 1969 – one day after the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle landed on the moon – included a full moon in the background, with a black mark on it representing the module. [15] The fabric cap worn by NASA astronauts as part of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit is known as a "Snoopy cap", a reference to how the white crown and black earflaps of the cap resemble Snoopy's fur and ears.

The Silver Snoopy award is a special NASA honor, in the form of a sterling silver pin with an engraving of Snoopy in a spacesuit helmet. It is given by an astronaut to someone who works in the space program that has gone above and beyond in pursuit of quality and safety. [16] Snoopy is the name of a United States Air Force B-58 Hustler bomber, serial number 55-0665, which was modified to test a radar system. [17] American insurance company MetLife used Snoopy as their corporate mascot between 1985 and 2016. Snoopy One, Snoopy Two, and Snoopy J are three airships owned and operated by MetLife that provide aerial coverage of sporting events, and feature Snoopy as the World War I flying ace on their fuselage. [18] [19] The Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport in California, named after Schulz, has a logo featuring Snoopy in his World War I flying ace attire flying atop his doghouse.

Snoopy is the mascot of the 26th Squadron (Barons, pronounced Barones) of the United States Air Force Academy, appearing on their squadron patch. References ^ Schulz, Charles M. (1994). Around the world in 50 years: Charlie Brown's anniversary celebration. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8362-1766-7 .

Question: In the Peanuts comic strip, which of Snoopy's brothers wears a fedora and lives in the California desert?
Answer: Spike